Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, a pale-yellowish and generally somewhat translucent brown.
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Examples
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After Sharon had brushed the wisps of hay and dust from her jeans, tucked her shirt neatly inside the waistband, and removed her hat to comb her honey-brown hair, there was infinite improvement.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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When I went to pick her up the next day, her waist-length honey-brown curls had been lopped off in a cute, chin-length bob.
This Is The Way The World Ends, Not With A Bang, But A Haircut - Her Bad Mother 2010
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After Sharon had brushed the wisps of hay and dust from her jeans, tucked her shirt neatly inside the waistband, and removed her hat to comb her honey-brown hair, there was infinite improvement.
Western Man Janet Dailey 2011
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The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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As she rounded the corner of the bar, one hand lifted a silky strand of her honey-brown hair and pushed it behind her ear, and she still didn't look.
The Devil's Bedpost 2010
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The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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The dining hall was cool and dim; the paneled walls and varnished trestle tables gave off a buttery, honey-brown glow.
THE BOYS FROM SANTA CRUZ Jonathan Nasaw 2010
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These momma faces, lemon-yellow, plum-purple, honey-brown, have grimaced and twisted down a pyramid for years.
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He picks up his towel and wipes the sweat off his face, then rubs the towel over his honey-brown hair.
Fade Lisa McMann 2009
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